CBC/CBE school management system for Kenyan schools
CBC is judged by level, not by one mark. Record assessment once and the report cards come out the other side.
Enaton runs CBC, now also called CBE, the way it is actually structured: learning areas, strands, sub strands and objectives, with competency based grading rather than a percentage wearing a new label. Teachers record assessment once and the report cards come out the other side.
| Learning area | Level | Teacher note |
|---|---|---|
| English | ME | Reads with confidence |
| Kiswahili | EE | Writes lovely insha |
| Mathematics | ME | Good with fractions |
| Science and Technology | EE | Asks great questions |
| Social Studies | AE | Needs more map work |
- EnglishME
- KiswahiliEE
- MathematicsME
- Science and TechnologyEE
- Social StudiesAE
What it does
Enaton runs CBC, now also called CBE, the way it is actually structured: learning areas, strands, sub strands and objectives, with competency based grading rather than a percentage wearing a new label. Teachers record assessment once and the report cards come out the other side.
Set up the way CBC is defined
- Learning areas per grade, assigned to classes and to teachers
- Strands, sub strands and objectives underneath each learning area
- Competency based grading scales the school configures rather than inherits
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- Learners mapped to the learning areas they actually take
Assessment as it happens
- Formative assessment recorded through the term, not reconstructed from memory in week eleven
- Summative assessment for end of term, with the two kept distinct because they mean different things
- Assessment books that follow a learner across years, so progression is visible rather than reset each term
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- A per learner view and a whole class view, because a teacher needs both
Report cards parents understand
- CBC report cards showing competency by learning area and, where it helps, by strand
- Teacher comments where they add something rather than as a mandatory box
- The fee balance printed alongside, if the school wants it, drawn from the same figure the parent sees in the portal
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- Delivered to the parent portal as well as printed, so nothing depends on a learner carrying paper home
Running CBC alongside another curriculum
Plenty of Kenyan schools run CBC in the lower years and something else higher up, or offer Cambridge alongside it. Enaton treats each curriculum on its own terms in the same school, with its own structure and grading, rather than forcing one into the shape of the other.
Who it helps
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Teachers record once, in a structure that matches how they actually teach.
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Heads of department can see coverage across a grade.
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Principals get performance analysis without waiting for a compilation exercise.
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Parents get a report card that says something specific about their child.
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How it works
Set up learning areas, strands and sub strands for each grade
Configure the competency grading scales your school uses
Record assessment as it happens through the term
Release report cards built from what was recorded
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CBC is not 8-4-4 with different words
CBC asks a school to record something genuinely different. Not one mark per subject per term, but progress against objectives inside sub strands inside strands inside learning areas, judged as a level of competency rather than a score out of a hundred.
Most systems handle this by keeping their old marks table and renaming the columns. It looks fine until a parent asks what Approaching Expectation actually means for their child in a particular strand, and the school discovers the underlying record was never granular enough to answer.
Meanwhile teachers carry the cost. Assessment gets kept in personal notebooks and exercise books, then transcribed into a spreadsheet at the end of term in a rush, which is exactly when mistakes get made and exactly when the information is least useful.
How Enaton handles it
The structure is modelled properly, so a learning area holds strands, a strand holds sub strands, and assessment attaches to the objectives underneath. Because the record is that granular, a report card can say something specific rather than issuing a single vague level for a whole subject.
Teachers record as they go rather than reconstructing at the end of term, and what they record is what the report card is built from. Nothing is transcribed twice.
Related modules
- 8-4-4 Enaton runs 8-4-4 properly: subjects and their papers, marks entered once, grading and points applied by the rules your school sets, and mid term, end term, mocks and merged exams handled without rebuilding a spreadsheet each time..
- Exams and report cards Enaton turns marks into reports without an end of term scramble.
- Parent portal One account for a parent, covering every one of their children, even when those children are at different schools in the group.
Related guides
- CBC Grading System in Kenya: EE, ME, AE and BE The CBC grading system for parents and schools: EE, ME, AE and BE, the KJSEA 8 point scale from EE1 to BE2, the score bands, and what a result like 7 EE2 means.
- CBC Report Card Comments Teachers Can Use CBC report card comments for every level, EE, ME, AE and BE, by learning area, plus how to write a comment that tells a parent what their child can do next.
- Curricula in Kenya Explained: A Parent Guide Curricula in Kenya explained for parents and schools: CBC/CBE, 8-4-4, Cambridge IGCSE, Pearson Edexcel, Montessori, IB and American, with ages, exams and fit.
Questions we get about this
Does Enaton handle strands and sub strands, or just learning areas?
Strands, sub strands and the objectives underneath them. That granularity is the point: without it a report card can only issue one vague level for a whole learning area, which is not what CBC asks for.
Can we run CBC and Cambridge in the same school?
Yes, and many of our schools do. Each curriculum keeps its own structure, its own grading and its own report card format rather than one being approximated into the other.
Do teachers need to enter assessment twice?
No. What a teacher records during the term is what the report card is built from. There is no end of term transcription exercise.
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Can we keep a learner’s progress across years?
Yes. Assessment books follow the learner, so you can see progression rather than a series of disconnected terms.
Can we set our own competency grading scale?
Yes. Schools configure their own scales and descriptors rather than being locked to one we chose.
Is CBE different from CBC in Enaton?
No. CBE is the name now used for the same competency based curriculum, so Enaton runs it the same way: learning areas, strands, sub strands and competency levels, with CBC/CBE report cards.
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